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alarimer

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1. Part of the problem is the lack of testing

Reply to davekriss (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 07:02 PM

Mar 2020

We only have a few confirmed cases and a number of deaths, so it makes the death rate seem higher. It's just math, really.

Trump wants to keep the number of cases artificially low by not testing for them, but that inflates the death rate.

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If our healthcare system is the greatest in the world... [View all] davekriss Mar 2020 OP

Part of the problem is the lack of testing alarimer Mar 2020 #1

He's too stupid to understand the basic math. cos dem Mar 2020 #7

Because we do not have a healthcare system. Other countries do. GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #2

A bogus capitalist bandaid - we have the nerve to call health care. magicarpet Mar 2020 #4

Deleted pat_k Mar 2020 #3

Our healthcare system. Caliman73 Mar 2020 #5

The only thing this country is #1 in is warmongering all over the globe. SamKnause Mar 2020 #6

I think we will eventually understand the statistics Steelrolled Mar 2020 #8